Help ! Fuel pissing out ....
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Are you mad....Its bloody well English, donchaknow !
We invented it...like most things
Uncle Crumpet
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Are you mad....Its bloody well English, donchaknow !
We invented it...like most things
bollocks, its as Australian as Marmite.
bollocks, its as Australian as Marmite.
Might have to allow you that one even though its not really true on the basis that Marmite is yeast culture and its the only culture in Australia, you have the allow the aussis to have SOME culture. ;-)
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You disconnect those pipes at the other end to remove the tank
Does it matter which end is disconected then ?
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thanks again i will search further i must say the 850 has proved more than capable my one has done 144 000 miles and still going well cheers tomo
thanks again i will search further i must say the 850 has proved more than capable my one has done 144 000 miles and still going well cheers tomo
thanks again i will search further i must say the 850 has proved more than capable my one has done 144 000 miles and still going well cheers tomo
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Does it matter which end is disconected then ?
I think what Steptoe means, to remove the tank you disconnect those 2 breather pipes at the plastic inline connectors, mine are tied to the frame at the rear of the tank, then they go down to the footrest area. Does that make sense..
No, that's not what i mean - have another look at the picture posted.
As i posted, you don't remove the fuel lines at the tank flange.Attachments
This is hurting my head.
To remove my tank, I syphon as much fuel out of the tank as I can and then disconnect four lines before I even think about lifting the tank:
The two breather lines (push on plastic spigot things just below the upper subframe rail).
The two high pressure injection lines (above the right hand throttle body - hose clamps where they connect to the hard lines which go to the fuel distributor).
Then I faff around trying to get the pressurised residual fuel out of the high pressure lines without getting it all over the place (I've developed a technique involving a clamp and some wide hose leading to a fuel can - must get QD's one of these days).
Then I lift the tank and try to remove it.
Then I put it back down again and disconnect the brown earth lead from the fuel pump plate which I always forget
Then I lift the tank and remove it.
Seems simple to me
To remove my tank, I syphon as much fuel out of the tank as I can and then disconnect four lines before I even think about lifting the tank:
The two breather lines (push on plastic spigot things just below the upper subframe rail).
The two high pressure injection lines (above the right hand throttle body - hose clamps where they connect to the hard lines which go to the fuel distributor).
Then I faff around trying to get the pressurised residual fuel out of the high pressure lines without getting it all over the place (I've developed a technique involving a clamp and some wide hose leading to a fuel can - must get QD's one of these days).
Then I lift the tank and try to remove it.
Then I put it back down again and disconnect the brown earth lead from the fuel pump plate which I always forget
Then I lift the tank and remove it.
Seems simple to me
Uncle Crumpet
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This is hurting my head.
To remove my tank, I syphon as much fuel out of the tank as I can and then disconnect four lines before I even think about lifting the tank:
The two breather lines (push on plastic spigot things just below the upper subframe rail).
The two high pressure injection lines (above the right hand throttle body - hose clamps where they connect to the hard lines which go to the fuel distributor).
Then I faff around trying to get the pressurised residual fuel out of the high pressure lines without getting it all over the place (I've developed a technique involving a clamp and some wide hose leading to a fuel can - must get QD's one of these days).
Then I lift the tank and try to remove it.
Then I put it back down again and disconnect the brown earth lead from the fuel pump plate which I always forget
Then I lift the tank and remove it.
Seems simple to me
Yeeeaaaah, but how do you get the filter out, huh???
rubberscrubber
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No, that's not what i mean - have another look at the picture posted.
no thats not what I mean't you thought you mean't what I 1st mean't.
I was just yapping about disconnecting the 2 breather pipes to take the tank off the bike.
Yeeeaaaah, but how do you get the filter out, huh???
Like Steptoe says - there's enough slack in the internal breather / neck drain lines to just pull all the gubbins nearly completely out of the tank and change the filter without any more disconnecting (apart from the fuel filter lines obviously
)That said, having the luxury of time and since I changed all the clamps in my tank to reusable fuel injection hose clamps, I usually disconnect the breather lines from the pump plate and remove it completely to give myself more room to work (tie string to the breather lines to stop them disappearing back into the tank).
If you haven't got Q/D's use an M8x20 bolt and insert it into the fuel hose and tighten the hose clips. Top hose bolt has a washer, bottom hose bolt doesn't, so you can't get confused over which hose goes where on reassembly.
I stand the tank on it's end which means you can leave a lot of fuel inside and still not spill any.
There's enough room to pull it all out of the tank.
Just be careful you don't twist it around while it's hanging out of the tank.
Nope, I don't mention breather pipes anywhere. it doesn't matter where you remove them from as it makes no difference to anything. In fact you can leave them off at the tank flange and won't make any difference.
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